Our Committees
Research Advisory Committee
Chair: Dr Lesley O’Hara, CEO, SJOG Research Foundation (non-voting)
Deputy Chair: Peter Gallagher, SJOG Research Foundation (non-voting)
Secretary: Louise Syms, SJOG Research Foundation (non-voting)
Members
- Prof Ian Kelleher, Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh & SJOG Research Foundation Consultant
- Dr Stephen McWilliams, Consultant Psychiatrist, SJOG Hospital
- Dr Dolores Keating, Head of Pharmacy, SJOG Hospital
- Dr Clodagh Ní Mháolain, Senior Clinical Psychologist, SJOG Lucena Clinic
- Dr Niall Turner, Occupational Therapy Manager, SJOG Cluan Mhuire
- Louise Prendergast, MHIS Project Manager, SJOG ICT Department
- Dr Keith Gaynor, Senior Clinical Psychologist, SJOG DETECT Blackrock
- Dr Jamie Mackrill, Chief Development Officer, SJOG UK
- Zione Chinoko, Public Mental Health Specialist, SJOG Hospital Malawi
- Dr Laura Blowick, Senior Clinical Psychologist, SJOG Community Services
- Siobhan Grant, Fundraising Manager, St Joseph’s Dementia Care Home
- Ioana Brezeanu, Senior Policy & Research Officer, SJOG UK
- Dr Sharon Hardiman, Senior Clinical Psychologist, SJOG Dublin Southeast Services
Non-voting attendees
- Justin Smyth, Head of Library Services, SJOG Research Foundation
- Lynn Murtagh, Director of Communications, SJOG Hospitaller Services Group
- Conor Gavin, Psychosis Research Centre Coordinator, SJOG Research Foundation
Research Grants Committee
Chair: Prof Pamela Gallagher, PhD, C. Psychol. Ps.S.I., is a Full Professor of Psychology and founding Head of the new School of Psychology, Dublin City University.
Secretary: Louise Syms, SJOG Research Foundation (non-voting)
Members:
- Professor Suzanne Guerin, Head of School, UCD School of Psychology, Professor of Research Design & Analysis
- Peter May, Research, Assistant Professor, Public Health & Primary Care & Research Assistant Professor, School of Nursing & Midwifery
- Thandiwe Mkandawire, Founder and Director of Brave Together in Blantyre, Malawi as well as a joint PhD student with the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, and University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
- Liam Collins, Group Finance Director, Saint John of God Hospitaller Services Group clg.
Non-voting attendees:
- Dr Lesley O’Hara, CEO, SJOG Research Foundation clg